Policy & Op-eds
"Mothers' mental health key to boosting childhood immunization in Pakistan" (with Zainab Khan), The Dawn, Feb 2024. https://www.dawn.com/news/1808745
"Why it is important to elect responsible leaders?" On my twitter thread, Feb 2024. https://x.com/javed_younas1/status/1755433779361947910?s=46&t=LtIxhKwQXbFQ9WeRcOafQA
"Civil services reforms: Breaking the status quo" The Dawn, April 2023. https://www.dawn.com/news/1748961
"Why and when countries have to go to IMF?" On my twitter thread, Mar 2023. https://twitter.com/javed_younas1/status/1636933535721308160?s=46&t=LtIxhKwQXbFQ9WeRcOafQA
"How may the SBP's way of targeting inflation by continuously and excessively increasing policy rate push the country into a serious recession." On my twitter thread, Mar 2023. https://twitter.com/javed_younas1/status/1631646042033618946?s=46&t=LtIxhKwQXbFQ9WeRcOafQA
"Why Pakistan must do better for its better half." The Dawn, Jan 2023. https://www.dawn.com/news/1733716
"What does it mean for civil servants to pay taxes and their role as service providers?"
"Where SBP is going wrong in dealing with the current crisis." On my twitter thread, Jan 2023. https://twitter.com/javed_younas1/status/1618956909192814592?s=46&t=LtIxhKwQXbFQ9WeRcOafQA
"Why Pakistan must replace electricity subsidies with a voucher and rebate system." The Dawn, May 2022. (with Ayesha Ali). https://www.dawn.com/news/1691755
“Can an effective local body system counter violent extremism and terrorism in Pakistan?” The Dawn, November 2021. (with Akbar N. Khan). https://www.dawn.com/news/1661124
“Addressing the woes of Pakistan's electricity distribution sector." The Dawn, June 2021. (with Ayesha Ali). https://www.dawn.com/news/1629670
“Economic fallout of COVID-19 for developing countries and road to recovery.” (2020) American University of Sharjah online publication: https://www.aus.edu/research/covid-19-research
“The toll of terrorism.” (2015). Finance & Development, International Monetary Fund (with S. Bandyopadhyay and T. Sandler). https://www.elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/022/0052/002/article-A009-en.xml
“Terrorism: A threat to foreign direct investment.” (2014). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, The Regiona Economist. (with S. Bandyopadhyay). https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/regional-economist/october-2014/terrorism-a-threat-to-foreign-direct-investment
“Increasing political freedom may be key to reducing threats.” (2009). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, The Regional Economist. (with C. P. Aubuchon and S. Bandyopadhyay). https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/regional-economist/october-2009/increasing-political-freedom-may-be-key-to-reducing-threats
“Educational investment considered an imperative for economic development.” (1996). Business and Economics Review, The News International.